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Pacific Fishery Management Council

Coastal Pelagic Species West Coast Shoreside Landings and Revenue Data

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Annual Highlights

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CPS Fisheries in 2023


Total Catch

28,731 mt

metric tons of catch

Exvessel Revenue

$ 33 million

estimated ex-vessel value

Vessels

177

vessels fishing

Dealers

82

dealers operating

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About SAFE

Coastal Pelagic Species West Coast Shoreside Landings and Revenue Data

The Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS FMP) is the basis for the conservation and management of five species of coastal pelagic species (i.e., Pacific sardine, northern anchovy, Pacific mackerel, Jack mackerel, and market squid) which are landed off of California, Oregon, and Washington. Notably, northern anchovy is managed as two distinct subpopulations, the central subpopulation which is landed from waters off of the coast of California, and the northern subpopulation which is landed from waters off of the coast of Oregon and Washington. Section 4.7 of the CPS FMP describes the production of an annual stock assessment and fishery evaluation report, or SAFE. The SAFE provides the Pacific Fishery Management Council with a summary of information about the condition of CPS stocks and their marine ecosystems, as well as the social and economic condition of recreational and commercial fisheries and fishing communities. This CPS SAFE Portal, developed and maintained by the Pacific Fisheries Information Network, provides a point of public access to CPS fisheries landings, revenues and participation data. This Portal accompanies information found in the online SAFE on the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s website.

Although both Pacific sardine and market squid have been the primary target species of commercial importance, participants in the fishery depend on landings from five species (i.e., Pacific sardine, northern anchovy, Pacific mackerel, Jack mackerel, and market squid) in the management group. Northern anchovy is managed as two distinct subpopulations, the central subpopulation which is landed from waters off of the coast of California, and the northern subpopulation which is landed from waters off of the coast of Oregon and Washington.

This Portal is organized in several tabs. In addition to this “About” landing page, there are Highlights tabs, and an Available Data tab. The Highlights tabs provide fishery specific information, including a brief description of the fishery; catch, revenues, and participation trends; and average landings composition by species. These tabs include annual CPS landings and annual revenue information stratified by species, gear, and region. Each tab has a series of sub-tabs. Each sub-tab includes figures presenting the information and a brief description of the material covered. Each figure may be downloaded as a *.png file.

The Available Data tab provides access to detailed data reports. These reports present non-confidential landings, revenues, and participation data by species, major gear categories, and region. Users may filter the data and download it for further processing and use.

Contact

Contact

For more information, or to provide comments or feedback, please email bstenberg@psmfc.org (PacFIN staff) or jessi.doerpinghaus@noaa.gov (Pacific Council staff).

CPS Landings and Revenue

CPS Landings and Revenue

The first graph below shows landings in metric tons and inflation-adjusted ex-vessel revenue from species managed under the Council’s four FMPs. For CPS this has varied from $20.97 million million to $90.65 million million during this period. As a portion of total West Coast ex-vessel revenue (including species not managed under Council FMPs) this equates to between 0.9% and 3.8%.

The second graph below shows revenues and landings for the shore-based commercial CPS fishery. In 2023, CPS revenues totaled roughly $32.60 million, and CPS landings totaled roughly 30,303 metric tons.

The third graph below shows the number of participant vessels and dealers that are engaged in the CPS fishery. In 2023 there were 178 vessels and 83 dealers participating in the CPS fishery with either positive landings revenues or landings expenditures, respectively.

Data Considerations:

  1. All shoreside commercial landings and revenues are reported, regardless of whether they originate from targeted, incidental, or other categories of commercial fishing.
  2. All annual statistics utilize the calendar year. The fishing season does not correspond to the annual calendar year for some fisheries.
  3. All aggregates with fewer than three vessels or dealers are considered confidential and are removed from reporting.
  4. Landings and revenue data from the California live-bait fishery were incorporated into the PacFIN in 2019. Fishery statistics from the period prior to 2019 do not include the live-bait fishery, fishery statistics from 2019 and later include the live-bait fishery.

PFMC FMP Revenues

PFMC FMP Landings

CPS Revenues and Landings

CPS Participant Vessels and Dealers